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San Juan, Puerto Rico

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San Juan, Puerto Rico Originally uploaded by MsAnthea . Today's featured photo from the Puerto Rico Sun flickr group pool photo by MsAnthea

Mi esposa, Obra Maestra de la Creación de Dios.

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Mi esposa, Obra Maestra de la Cración de Dios. Originally uploaded by jps_pr . Today's featured photo by Jps_pr La foto de hoy por Jps_pr Jps_pr escribio sobre la foto: "Mi esposa, Obra Maestra de la Creación de Dios. No existe nada más perfecto ni más hermoso en toda la creación que mi esposa. Nada existe más bello ni más sublime que mi amada esposa..." Who says men are not romantic? Jps_pr wrote about his photo: "My wife, a master plan of God's creation. There isn't anything more perfect and beautiful than my wife. There isn't anything more beautiful or sublime than my loving wife..." Photo is part of the Puerto Rico Sun flickr pool.

Revisiting La Casita

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Revisiting La Casita Originally uploaded by clarisel . Photo by Clarisel Boricua pride in NYC!
Culture and Identity The Redefining of a National Identity and the National Puerto Rican Day Parade By Manuel Hernandez A twenty-two year old nephew and a 2004 graduate at the University of Puerto Rico, on a recent visit to the 2004 National Puerto Rican Day Parade to New York City, shared with me some interesting impressions of the Puerto Ricans there and made a few striking remarks about how his perception of a national identity had changed once he left the Parade and reflected on what he had seen and experienced while participating in the largest parade in the United States. He was dazed at the sight of so many Puerto Rican flags being waved along Fifth Avenue and proudly displayed on tee-shirts, nails, hats, cheeks, heads and in other parts of the human body. In-spite of majoring in Puerto Rican history, it was hard for him to understand how and why Puerto Ricans in New York elected to celebrate and preserve culture without apprehension. He spoke about how excited, proud and happy...

Sato Boricua!

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Sato Boricua! Originally uploaded by Irie Psilocybin . Today's Featured Photo Photo by Irie Psilocybin Photo is part of the gallery in the Sato group pool at flickr. http://flickr.com/groups/sato/pool/ This group is dedicated to images of "sato" dogs.